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yeah, Madge was a (UK based) 2nd source of IBM Token Ring kit … MAUs, CAUs and so on iirc much better determinism than Ethernet CSMA/CD
by librasteve 2mo ago
yeah, Madge was a (UK based) 2nd source of IBM Token Ring kit … MAUs, CAUs and so on iirc
much better determinism than Ethernet CSMA/CD
- zabzonk 2mo agobut also much slower - people tended to be interested in speed (and the price of the hardware) not determinism
- librasteve 2mo agoyeah, then NatSemi integrated Ethernet onto a single chip and game over TR